Lorie Brown RN, JD EmpoweredNurses.org If no one has told you lately—you are doing an incredible job. Not just at the bedside. Not just in documentation, delegation, or critical thinking. But in showing up, day after day, in a world that is heavier, faster, and more demanding than ever before. I don’t know your exact […]
Edited by Anushree Chaphalkar TOPLINE: Use of psychotherapy without medications increased among US outpatients between 2018 and 2021, while psychotropic medication–only treatment declined, new research showed. In addition, social workers and counselors assumed a larger role in mental health care as involvement of psychiatrists decreased. METHODOLOGY: Researchers analyzed data trends from four representative surveys of
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— An excerpt from Lawry’s new book, Health Care Nation by Tom Lawry “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” — Deepak Chopra Escape rooms have become quite popular these days. This is a game where people are locked in a room and must work as a team to discover clues, solve puzzles, and accomplish
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called artificial dyes “poisonous compounds” by Associated Press As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow’s laboratory desk. On an April afternoon, the scientist hovered over tiny dishes of red dye, each a slightly different ruby
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This system stifles innovation and leaves gaps in care unaddressed By Kathryn Connell, Eleanor Turi, and Mollie Hobensack The authors are all Ph.D.-R.N.s. Every day, nurses make decisions that shape not only how patients recover but how they experience illness. Take patients recovering from sepsis, who are often under sedation on a ventilator. Evidence urges
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Image by Freepik How to Revive a Stalled Nursing Career Without Burning Out A stalled career doesn’t announce itself with a bang. It creeps in through exhaustion, cynicism, and the dread of another shift that feels like all the ones before it. You tell yourself it’s just a rough patch—until six months pass and nothing’s
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By: Erica Carbajal Becker’s Hospital Review 40% of nurses eye exit by 2029: 5 findings from NCSBN’s new workforce report While the post-pandemic nursing workforce is showing signs of stabilizing, high levels of burnout, stress and dissatisfaction continue to threaten long-term workforce stability, according to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s biennial 2024
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter Home-delivered meals tailored to people’s chronic illnesses can prevent hospitalizations, help folks remain healthy and save billions of dollars each year, a new study says. In “Food Is Medicine” programs, people with conditions like diabetes, heart disease or cancer receive prepared meals that are crafted to help protect their health.
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By: Lorie Brown, RN, JD EmpoweredNurses.org If you’re a nurse in 2025, chances are you’ve already had a patient quote your charting back to you — word for word — from their phone. Welcome to the age of MyChart, Open Notes, and patient transparency. We’re not in the pre-portal days anymore, friends. Everything you document
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by Jessica Reeves, MSN, MPH, FNP Medpage Today School prepares us to be novices. The tricky part is that the type of people who are drawn to be nurse practitioners (NPs) are often highly motivated overachievers; the thought of being a novice is hard to live with. Add to that the fact that becoming an
